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IN THIS CHAPTER

Making up your acting resume to look like a star

Highlighting the important info

Knowing what not to put on an acting resume

Comparing resumes: veterans versus novices

Casting directors only care about one thing: Are you right for the part? So, they aren’t looking for career objectives, salary requirements, or whether you worked at a Fortune 500 company for the past five years. They’re looking for evidence to justify whether you may be the right actor for a particular role. This chapter shows you what to include (and what to exclude) from an acting resume as well as how to create an impressive acting resume when you have little acting experience.

Most resumes, if not all, are posted on an acting website. On other sites, you follow the site’s format, where they ask you questions to create your resume. Though in this chapter we guide you on how to construct your resume, know that there are many different ways of showing your best qualities.

A typical resume lists a job applicant’s previous employment, experience, education, and so on. As an actor, you don’t need a typical resume. You need an acting resume. An acting resume focuses exclusively on acting and establishes your credibility as an actor by listing your acting experience and training. Your acting resume should promote you as an actor, show agents and casting directors that you’re serious about being an actor, and have the necessary training, skills, and/or experience to do the job if hired.